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| 24/08/2010 |
| GCSE Success Celebrated at Stockport College |
| Students at Stockport College were celebrating their GCSE results which were again well above the national average this year. |
| 19/08/2010 |
| Half a Decade at Top of A Levels League! |
| Stockport College’s A level results are yet again amongst the very best in the country. |
| 06/08/2010 |
| UKSkills Gold for Shanise! |
| A budding acting star from Stockport College has beaten off competition from across the UK to win the Gold medal at the UK Skills Acting Competition final. |
| 23/07/2010 |
| Chris Wins International Design Prize! |
| Stockport College Design student Chris Howker has won a much sought-after D&AD student prize within illustration, beating off competition from the best art students from all over the world. |
| 19/07/2010 |
| Students Gather at Annual HE Conference |
| Hundreds of students from Stockport College flocked Stockport County’s football ground to attend the Annual Higher Education (HE) Research Conference recently. |
| 16/07/2010 |
| Plumbing Tutor Becomes Author |
| Stockport College Plumbing tutor has been selected as the next author of the official plumbing QFC text book. |
| 22/06/2010 |
| IT Employers Mentor Computer Enthusiasts |
| Local employers from the IT industry met budding computer experts from Stockport College recently. |
| 17/06/2010 |
| Students To Join Ministers at VQ Day |
| Stockport College students have been selected to showcase their vocational talents to ministers and other guests at the third national VQ (Vocational Qualifications) Day celebrations in London. |
| 14/06/2010 |
| D&AD Success for Design Students |
| Students Natalie Wood and Chris Howker from the Design and Visual Arts degree have triumphed in the prestigious D&AD student competition this year. |
| 07/06/2010 |
| Former Shop Worker Realises His Art Dreams |
| 31-year-old BA (Honours) Visual Art and Design student Chris Oldland, has just landed a prestigious art commission from KPMG in London beating some of the best young designers in the country. |
| 04/06/2010 |
| First England Cap for Abbie and Danielle |
| Talented football duo Abbie McManus and Danielle Turner from Stockport College received their first England caps when they were selected for the English Colleges Football Association’s National squad. |
| 01/06/2010 |
| College Triumphs at Heist Awards |
| The Marketing Department at Stockport College were nominated for seven awards at the prestigious Heist Awards, marketing and communications industry ‘Oscars’, held in Manchester last week. |
| 26/05/2010 |
| Mini Masterchefs Cook Up a Storm! |
| Stockport College was buzzing with young culinary enthusiasts recently. |
| 10/05/2010 |
| Free-fallers help raise £12,000 for charity! |
| Free falling through the air at 150 mph may not be everyone’s idea of fun! |
| 30/04/2010 |
| Gleaming Cars Raise Cash for Charity |
| Motor Vehicle students at Stockport College grabbed their buckets and sponges when they set up a car valet at the College. |
| 29/04/2010 |
| ‘Game of Chance’ Chooses New Government |
| Stockport College students, many of whom too young to vote in this year’s general elections, have come up with their own way of choosing the new Government. |
| 28/04/2010 |
| College Gets Active! |
| The second annual College Active Travel Week has been inspiring staff and students at the College to get their trainers on and get behind the healthy campaign. |
| 26/03/2010 |
| College in Top 75 Sunday Times List |
| Stockport College has just been recognised as one of the best public sector organisations to work for in the UK. |
| 23/03/2010 |
| L’ecole Dinner Boosts Charity Funds |
| Local businesses and staff from the College gathered for a special dinner at the l’ecole@sk4 restaurant recently to raise money for Age Concern Stockport. |
| 19/03/2010 |
| International Masterchef is Crowned |
| Stockport College hosted twin town Masterchef competition saw German culinary success in the 2010 event. |
| 18/03/2010 |
| Principal Meets Prime Minister |
| Leaders of the highest performing and most quickly improving colleges in England celebrated their institutions’ achievements in Downing Street on the 15th March 2010. |
| 17/03/2010 |
| Scientific Research Company Moves to College |
| Stopford Workshop Ltd, a succesful company specialising in custom services for research and design scientists and technologists, has relocated their laboratories to Stockport College. |
| 10/03/2010 |
| Professionals Visit Darts Academy |
| Professional Darts Corporation Director Rod Harrington and professional darts player Aidy Lewis visited Stockport College’s successful Darts Academy recently. |
| 04/03/2010 |
| New Sir Joseph Whitworth Building Opens |
| Tens of local businesses and the Leader of the Council gathered at Stockport College for the official opening of its state-of-the-art new build, the Sir Joseph Whitworth building, on March 3rd 2010. |
| 11/02/2010 |
| College Supports Local Businesses |
| Stockport College is hosting a free business networking event on the 3rd of March as part of its initiative to help local businesses continue to thrive during times of recession. |
| 28/01/2010 |
| College Apprentice Opens Own Business |
| Apprentices from across the UK are being celebrated during the National Apprenticeship Week from 1st Feb. Amy Clifford is great example of what an Apprenticeship can do for young people. |
| 13/01/2009 |
| Apprenticeship Grant for Employers! |
| The National Apprentice Service (NAS) has 5,000 new apprentice places with a grant of £2,500 for successful employers until March 31st 2010. |
| 15/12/2009 |
| Dragons Den Arrives at Stockport College |
| Run in a similar format to the Dragons Den reality TV show, the event gave youngsters a taste of what it can really be like to try to get ahead in business! |
| 14/12/2009 |
| Stars Shine at Talent Show! |
| Stockport College’s annual talent show proved hugely popular on Friday 11th December 2009 when hundreds of students and staff flocked the College’s Peter Barkworth Theatre to cheer on their favourites |
| 11/12/2009 |
| Apprentices Celebrated at Prestigious Awards |
| Stockport College hosted its annual high profile Apprenticeship Awards 2009 to celebrate the achievements of hundreds of students on Tuesday 8th December at the Stockport Town Hall. |
| 08/12/2009 |
| Boost for Jobseekers |
| Stockport residents have a new opportunity to improve their skills and job prospects thanks to a partnership between the Council and Stockport College. |
| 08/12/2009 |
| BBC Training Project Launches Tinny’s Dreams |
| Stockport College student Tinashe, also known as Tinny, got the opportunity of a lifetime to showcase his musical talents when he took part in a BBC training project recently. |
| 02/12/2009 |
| Professional Darts Academy Launched by College |
| The Professional Darts Corporation and Unicorn Darts have teamed up with Stockport College to launch the first professional Darts Academy. |
| 01/12/2009 |
| College Marketing Wins Multiple Awards |
| Stockport College Marketing has swept the board at major national and regional industry awards recently by winning top gongs. |
| 23/11/2009 |
| Stockport College Receives AoC Beacon Award |
| Stockport College has been Highly Commended for an Association of Colleges Beacon Award. |
| 23/11/2009 |
| Stockport College Celebrates 120 Years |
| Stockport College celebrated its 120-year anniversary on the 8th November 2009. |
| 16/11/2009 |
| Students Make the Grade on Colleges Week |
| Stockport College hosted the biggest student awards in its 120 year history to celebrate the achievements of its graduates and College prize winners on the 9th and 10th November. |
| 01/10/2009 |
| Students’ TV Roadshow hits Exchange Square |
| Students from Stockport College are hosting a free art television roadshow in the Exchange Square, Manchester on Friday October 9th 2009. |
| 09/09/2009 |
| US Singer Praises College Music Video! |
| Stockport College’s groundbreaking student music video Let Your Mind Run Free is causing a big stir not only locally but also stateside. |
| 27/08/2009 |
| Top GCSE Results for Stockport College |
| Stockport College has triumphed at this year’s GCSE results by reaching a fantastic 91% pass rate at A* - C, compared to the UK’s average A* to C GCSE pass rate of 67.1%. |
| 20/08/2009 |
| Our A level pass rate is 99%! |
| Many happy faces lit the corridors of Stockport College when A level students returned from their summer break to find out their exam results on Thursday 20th August. |
| 28/07/2009 |
| Conference Brings Students and Experts Together |
| Higher Education students and staff from Stockport College recently organised their first ever Student Research Conference. |
| 10/07/2009 |
| Two Towers Challenge Raises Cash for Charity |
| A group of Stockport College staff members are about to embark on major scale fitness test as they prepare to cycle from the Tower of London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to raise money for charity. |
| 07/07/2009 |
| College in Indian Football Centre Partnership |
| Stockport College has formed a partnership with Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Liverpool FC and Kickworldwide to create the Abhijit Kadam Memorial Football Development Centre (AKMFDC) in India. |
| 02/07/2009 |
| Budding Illustrator Wins National Prize |
| Stockport College student Pete Adlington has won a prestigious, national Penguin Books design award beating students from top design colleges around the country. |
| 11/06/2009 |
| Stockport College Appoints New Principal |
| Stockport College’s Board of Governors has appointed Ms Lynn Merilion as the new Principal of Stockport College. |
| 04/05/2009 |
| New Course Takes Students to the Crime Scene |
| A unique opportunity has arisen for young ‘CSI’ crime investigator hopefuls to study Forensic science, a course that has been set up in partnership between Stockport College and UCLAn |
| 04/06/2009 |
| Student is Four Time UK Swimming Champion! |
| Stockport College student Lucy Worral has recently been crowned four time National Champion at the British College Sport Swimming Championships. |
| 26/05/2009 |
| Students Take Their Talent on the Road |
| This year’s Art and Design Graduates at Stockport College are taking their talent in front of Manchester leading design industry figures on a unique traveling exhibition on the 9th June. |
| 15/05/2009 |
| House of Lords Member Meets Local Students |
| There were no long robes, gowns or black hoods on show at Stockport College, despite a recent visit from a member of the House of Lords, Baroness Morris of Bolton. |
| 14/05/2009 |
| Finger Spelling Fun for Deaf Awareness |
| Stockport College Access Ability Team celebrated Deaf Awareness Week recently by organising an exhibition and a fun finger spelling competition for staff and students. |
| 08/05/2009 |
| Art Students Sweep the Board in Competition |
| Seven Stockport College Art and Design students have beaten hundreds of talented artists in the recent UCLAN Northern School of Design Awards 2009. |
| 22/04/2009 |
| Bricklayer Students Best in the North West! |
| Stockport College Bricklayer Apprentices triumphed in the prestigious, regional Guild of Bricklayers’ competition at Blackburn College recently. |
| 08/04/2009 |
| Design Agency Goes Back to College |
| Second year design students at Stockport College are in for a unique work placement opportunity as award winning graphic design agency Thoughtful moves its offices into the College for a year. |
| 08/04/2009 |
| Carla is North West Painting & Decorating Champ! |
| Carla Day, a student from Stockport College, has been named the Apprentice of the Year in the North West heat of Dulux Decorator Centres’ national competition. |
| 17/03/2009 |
| 2012 Hopeful Chases His Wrestling Dream |
| A young Olympic hopeful from Stockport College is fighting fit to reach his goal of joining the 2012 British Olympic squad. |
| 16/03/2009 |
| A Match Made in Darts Heaven |
| Three world class darts professionals took on the College’s best student players in a one-off exhibition game on the 13th March 2009. |
| 20/02/2009 |
| Korean Link Takes Media Training Overseas! |
| Delegates from Kyungnam University College of Information and Technology (KIT) in South Korea have just returned from their visit to Stockport College. |
| 17/02/2009 |
| 120 Years is a Piece of Cake! |
| The Principal's Annual Charity for 2009 - Age Concern Stockport – was presented with a very eye catching piece of confectionary. |
| 16/02/2009 |
| Free Theatre Tickets for Young People |
| Stockport MP Ann Coffey visited Stockport College to meet some of the creative arts students and celebrate the launch of a national scheme to offer young people a free weekly theatre experience. |
| 12/02/2009 |
| Music Engages Youth to Learn |
| A group of young people have just finished recording their first ever music CD as part of a project which re-engages 16-19-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training. |
| 05/01/2009 |
| College Boosts the Local Economy |
| Stockport College is proud to announce that its activities account for nearly £182million in annual income in the Stockport economy. |
| 12/01/2009 |
| College Donates Record Sum to Charity |
| Stockport College’s Principal’s Annual Charity has raised a record sum of money for its 2008 charity Beechwood Cancer Care Centre. |
| 20/01/2009 |
| Council Gives College Staff a Health Boost |
| Staff at Stockport College have received a hundred pedometers from Cllr Maggie Clay as part of the Council’s ‘Active Stockport’ scheme and in accordance with the Stockport Healthy College Standard. |
| 16/12/2008 |
| Victorian Workhouse Secrets Revealed |
| Fascinating pieces of Victorian history have been unearthed during a £100m campus redevelopment project for Stockport College. |
| 12/12/2008 |
| Businesses Celebrate their Apprentices |
| Businesses and Stockport College Apprentices celebrated their achievements together in an awards evening at the Stockport Town Hall recently. |
| 13/11/2008 |
| Stockport College Has Got Talent! |
| Hundreds of students at Stockport College flocked the Peter Barkworth Theater on the 13th November for the final showdown of ‘Stockport College Has Got Talent’. |
| 22/10/2008 |
| Glitz and Gowns at College Awards |
| Hundreds of Stockport College students and their families flocked the Stockport Town Hall on the 20th and 21st October when they were awarded their Higher Education qualifications. |
| 03/10/2008 |
| MP Opens Re-Vamped Library+ |
| Stockport MP Ann Coffey opened the new state-of-the art £70K Library+ at Stockport College’s Heaton Moor Campus on the 1st October. |
| 05/09/2008 |
| College Receives Prestigious Beacon Award |
| Stockport College has been awarded the prestigious Beacon status by the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA). |
| 21/08/2008 |
| College Celebrates Excellent GCSE Results! |
| Thursday 21st August was a day many GCSE students had been waiting for. |
| 14/08/2008 |
| Stockport College Celebrates A Level Results |
| Stockport College was buzzing with nervous and excited A level students on Thursday 14th August when their long awaited results came in. |
| 31/07/2008 |
| Stockport College in Media Partnership with BBC |
| Stockport College and the BBC are to work together to open up pathways into employment in the media industry and to develop new talent within the region. |
| 24/07/2008 |
| School's In for Health and Social Care |
| Stockport College hosted a unique Social Care Summer School for young school students from across the Borough between 23rd and 25th July. |
| 23/06/2008 |
| Student Nails it at Skills Competition |
| Stockport College Level 3 Nail Enhancements student Charlotte Leach has been crowned second best in the country in the World Skills UK Nail Enhancements Advanced Competition recently. |
| 19/06/2008 |
| Sport Students Amongst Best in the Country! |
| Stockport sport fans have plenty to celebrate this year! |
| 02/06/2008 |
| Travel Students Are Ready to Fly |
| High flying Cabin Crew students from Stockport College got a taste of their future working life for the first time when they visited the air cabin crew activity centre at JARE in Birmingham. |
| 12/05/2008 |
| Stockport College is Nine Times Outstanding |
| Celebrations at Stockport College were in full swing on Friday 9th May, as an official Ofsted inspection report announced the college as ‘Grade 1 - Outstanding’. |
| 06/05/2008 |
| Students' Hair Show is a Sell-out! |
| Students from Stockport College staged a sell-out hairdressing show recently at the college’s Peter Barkworth Theatre to raise funds for Beechwood Cancer Care Centre, the Principal’s Annual Charity th |
| 21/04/2008 |
| Gourmet Dinner Boosts Charity Fund |
| Students and staff from Stockport College’s Catering & Hospitality department raised £500 for Beechwood Cancer Care Centre by hosting a Gourmet Dinner at the Heaton Moor Campus recently. |
| 01/04/2008 |
| Cancer Patients Receive Donation from Students |
| Christie Hospital’s Young Oncology Unit received a donation from Stockport College Hairdressing students recently to mark the end of last year’s Principal’s Annual Charity fundraising for the Unit. |
| 19/03/2008 |
| Mobile Devices to Revolutionise Learning |
| Over 500 students from Trafford Colleges and Stockport College are taking part in one of the UK’s largest mobile learning projects, Learning on the Go. |
| 19/03/2008 |
| Local Learner is Heading for Success |
| Local football fan, Colin Riley, has been proved a winner by turning his passion for the beautiful game into a result. |
| 10/03/2008 |
| Guests Kick-Start Campus Redevelopment |
| The work on the first phase of Stockport College’s new £100m flagship educational campus has started. |
| 10/03/2008 |
| Hundreds of Visitors for Saturday Open Day |
| Saturday 8th March saw unusual traffic along Wellington Road South as hundreds of visitors flocked Stockport College’s first ever Saturday open day. |
| 08/02/2008 |
| College Hosts First Ever Disability Forum |
| Stockport College’s Access Ability team recently organised the first ever Disability Forum as a part of the College’s commitment to Equality for All. |
| 30/01/2008 |
| ATA Accreditation Centre for College |
| Stockport College was recently awarded the title of an Automotive Technician Accreditation Centre for the Motor Vehicle and Motor Cycle industry. |
| 09/01/2008 |
| College Football Squad Still Unbeaten |
| The Men’s U19 football squad finished 2007 unbeaten and are currently top of the ECFA Northwest Division having played 8 games, winning 7 and drawing 1. |
| 17/12/2007 |
| College wins prestigious TUC Award |
| Stockport College recently received a prestigious unionlearn Quality Award in a ceremony in London for their commitment to working with trade unions. |
| 11/12/2007 |
| £100m Campus Gets LSC Go-Ahead |
| The building plans of a new £100 million flagship campus for Stockport College were recently given the go-ahead by the LSC. |
| 04/12/2007 |
| Top Prize from Royal Institute of Public Health |
| A student who completed the RIPH L2 Cert. in Decontamination and Sterilisation in Healthcare Environments at Stockport College been awarded a National prize by The Royal Institute of Public Health. |
| 27/11/2007 |
| 'The Perfect Pitch' to Local Companies |
| To help celebrate National Enterprise Week, over 50 Stockport College students recently took up on a challenge to build a business case and present it to twelve experts from local companies. |
| 06/11/2007 |
| Students Take Their Skills to DanceXtreme |
| Stockport College National Diploma Media Make-up students Chelsie-Anne and Olivia got the chance of a lifetime when they were selected to do make-up for dancers of popular BBC1 TV show DanceX. |
| 31/10/2007 |
| Glitz and Gowns at HE Awards! |
| It was again time to celebrate great success stories of Stockport College students when they were awarded their Higher Education qualifications and recognised for their outstanding achievements. |
| 23/08/2007 |
| GCSE Results Far Above National Average! |
| Stockport College has achieved A* to C GCSE pass rates of 86% this year, ranking well above the national average. |
| 16/08/2007 |
| College Celebrates ‘Outstanding’ Results |
| Stockport College has a lot to celebrate after having been graded ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted and achieving 100% A level pass rate this year! |
| 06/08/2007 |
| East meets West in Teacher Training |
| Stockport College continued to build partnerships with Chinese educational organisations when 73 Chinese English teachers came to the UK to visit in early July. The trip was organised for them to lear |
| 26/07/2007 |
| Social Care School’s In for Summer! |
| Stockport College hosted a unique Social Care Summer School for young school students from across the Borough between 23rd and 25th July. |
| 19/07/2007 |
| Graphic Design Students ‘Best in Show’ |
| Stockport College BA Honours Graphic Design graduates, Dan Ingham and Steve Owen, have beaten off 2,000 students to win coveted ‘Best in Show’ medals at a recent graduate event held in London. |
| 16/07/2007 |
| College Partner is 'Employer of the Year' |
| Blue Flame, Stockport based plumbing and heating engineers, were crowned Micro Employer of the Year at the national Apprenticeship Awards at a glitzy ceremony in London recently. |
| 22/06/2007 |
| Learndirect Store Most Innovative in the Region! |
| Stockport College’s learndirect Learning Store was awarded as ‘Most Innovative’ at the North West learndirect Achievement Awards ceremony at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium last week. |
| 19/06/2007 |
| Student Shines with Apprentice Star |
| Stockport College student Ahmed Tahboub has beaten off hundreds of other learners to finish in the top three and win a £250 prize at the recent Greater Manchester Learner Awards. |
| 11/06/2007 |
| Science and Technology Challenge Day |
| Stockport College was buzzing with gifted and talented young scientists when over 150 students from Stockport schools took part in a Science and Technology Challenge Day held on Friday 8th June. |
| 18/05/2007 |
| Motor Industry Chooses Stockport College |
| Stockport College has beaten off hundreds of other applicants to be chosen as one of the UK motor industry’s ten ‘pathfinder’ centres within the automotive sector. |
| 15/05/2007 |
| Mood Food On Offer for Shoppers |
| Stockport College’s Access to Health Education students recently treated shoppers with healthy foods and exercise advise at the Merseway shopping centre. |
| 27/04/2007 |
| Students Bloom at Church Flower Festival |
| Level 3 Floristry students from Stockport College recently headed off with their creations to a church flower festival in Cheshire. |
| 17/04/2007 |
| Stockport College Praised by Ofsted |
| Stockport College has been praised by Ofsted after their most recent inspection visit. |
| 16/04/2007 |
| Students' Clay Skulls A Smash Hit |
| Two ND Level 3 Art and Design students from Stockport College are having a truly smashing time. |
| 13/04/2007 |
| Charity Welcomes Donation from College |
| Child Victims Support charity representatives received a £2,380 donation from Stockport College Principal Peter Roberts recently to mark the end of last year’s Principal’s Annual Charity fundraising. |
| 27/03/2007 |
| Hairshow Raises Funds for Cancer Patients |
| Students from Stockport College staged a sell-out hairdressing show on Monday 26th of March raising around £1,500 for young people suffering from cancer. |
| 22/03/2007 |
| Dutch Students Visit for Art Collaboration |
| Stockport College’s Graphic Design students have just said their goodbyes to their Dutch counterparts who came to Stockport for two weeks to collaborate in a unique website design project. |
| 15/03/2007 |
| Celebrity Make-Up Artist Showcases Trends |
| Daniel Sandler, one of UK’s most successful make-up artists showcased the latest catwalk trends at Stockport College on the 15th March 2007. |
| 01/03/2007 |
| Raising Awareness of Anti-Social Behaviour |
| Back in June 2006, Stockport College’s Performing Arts students teamed up with the Borough’s Anti-Social Behaviour Team to stage a performance aimed to raise awareness of anti-social behaviour. |
| 15/02/2007 |
| Lifelong Learning at 80 and beyond |
| Back in July 2005, Daniel, a young, smart seventy something with an enthusiasm for maths arrived at the TUC learning centre. His ambition was to gain a numeracy qualification. |
| 31/01/2007 |
| College Roadshow Raises AIDS Awareness |
| Stockport College’s Performing Arts department has teamed up with Los Angeles based Harbor College to tour an international performance to educate young people about AIDS. |
| 31/01/2007 |
| Imagine FM Jobfinder Day |
| On the 31st January 2007, Stockport College played host to Imagine FM’s first ever Jobfinder Day. |
| 29/01/2007 |
| College Builds Links with Chinese School |
| Senior staff and officials from Zhixin school in Guangzhou, southern China, visited Stockport College on the 25th January to view their first ever FE college in the country. |
| 29/01/2007 |
| Top Joinery Student Gets Industry Recognition |
| Stockport College Bench Joinery student Alan Turner has been awarded the Special Achievement Award in the regional BATJIC Apprentice of the Year 2006 competition. |
| 25/01/2007 |
| The Italian Job |
| Stockport College’s Hospitality and Catering students recently linked up with five of their Italian counterparts from Panzini Catering College by showcasing their cooking skills at L’école Restaurant. |
| 10/01/2007 |
| Nextstep Opens at Learning Store |
| Information and advice service Nextstep officially opened to the public on the 5th January at Stockport College’s Learning Centre at the Merseyway Precinct. |
| 18/12/2006 |
| Christmas Panto Wraps Up Charity Fundraising |
| Stockport College’s Performing Arts students played the annual Christmas Panto to sell out crowds the college’s Peter Barkworth Theatre last week. |
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